Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (9) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (9) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (9)
    • Research  (9)
  • Faculty Publications  (2)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (9)
    • Research  (9)
  • Faculty Publications  (2)
Page 1 of 9 Results
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Great Training Robbery

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Magnus Finnstrom, and Derek Schrader; Consulting
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

leadership has the courage to initiate the measures necessary to do so. We've discovered that standard initiatives such as employee surveys, interviews by external consultants, and even relatively... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50952 The Great Training Robbery By: Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnstrom, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

Great Training Robbery, a working paper based on case studies conducted by Beer, Magnus Finnstrom, and View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education
  • 19 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

individuals can change the system. This article explains why training fails and discusses why the “great training robbery” persists. Michael Beer, View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

while also finding linkages and synergies across goals. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50994 The Great Training Robbery By: Beer, Michael, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Why Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do about It

By: Michael Beer, Magnus Finnström and Derek Schrader
U.S. corporations spend enormous amounts of money—some $456 billion globally in 2015 alone—on employee training and education, but they aren't getting a good return on their investment. People soon revert to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Organizational Design; Employees; Business Processes; United States
Citation
Find at Harvard
Register to Read
Related
Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnström, and Derek Schrader. "Why Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 10 (October 2016): 50–57.
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

The Great Training Robbery

By: Michael Beer, Magnus Finnstrom and Derek Schrader
In 2012 U.S. corporations spent $164.2 billion on training and education. Overwhelming evidence and experience shows, however, that most companies are unable to transfer employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial... View Details
Keywords: Training; Organizations; Investment Return
Citation
SSRN
Read Now
Related
Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnstrom, and Derek Schrader. "The Great Training Robbery." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-121, April 2016.
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

Fails—and What to Do about It By: Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnström, and Derek Schrader Abstract—U.S. corporations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 1
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.